The Prime Times

Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

AXA Winterthur in China and Healthcare International have recently released promising insurance increases for 2013. Both insurers published their premium rates for 2013, coming in at 10% and 9.5% respectively (this compares to a long term average of 11% globally and over 12% in China). Although at the higher end of a recent wave of rate revisions from leading players such as Bupa…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

After a cautious start, Pacific Prime , the world's leading distributor of International private health insurance, is beginning to work more closely with Now Health and has been impressed by the new organizations service and claims capabilities so far.

Now Health was launched in 2010 by a management team largely made up of former Goodhealth employees, notably the former Managing director…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

Pacific Prime, one of the leading global distributors of international private medical insurance in Asia and the Middle East has re-branded its Singapore operation under the Pacific Prime brand name.

Pacific Prime's Singapore operation first originated in 2006 to assist its clients relocating to the city state from Hong Kong and China and has steadily…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

Pacific Prime has seen increasing signs of global medical insurance inflation falling in the high end sector, often called International Private Medical Insurance (iPMI). Rates of inflation have typically been running year on year at around 11% for the past 5 years. However, in recent months a number of key industry players have recorded inflation rates well below this level and with an annual increase…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

Individual and SME Pacific Prime clients will see large annual increases in 2013 across the Cigna Global Expat plus plan, recently acquired from Van Breda and now undergoing a re-branding to the Cigna brand. While most international insurers have published annual increases well below the 5 year trend for 2012, (Allianz Worldwide Care, Bupa International, Aetna Global Benefits and AXA PPP) these…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

Today is the official launch of the re-branded AXA Minmetals Ultracare International Medical Insurance Plan in China to its new brand name, ICBC AXA Ultracare. The re-branding follows the change in shareholding from Minmetals to ICBC.

This is only one of a number of changes in China for the ICBC AXA medical plan, all of which are…

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Posted by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

Pacific Prime is pleased to announce that, as of November 1^st 2012, with average global increases of 10.8 percent over the past five years in the Private Medical Insurance sector, Allianz Worldwide Care individual plan premiums are set to increase by an average of just 5 percent worldwide.  Against a backdrop of rising inflation, Allianz is proving one of the better performers in the iPMI…

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Getting a vaccination in a country that is not your home is always going to be a slightly daunting concept. Fortunately, vaccinations are often included in most comprehensive insurance policies so you can focus on the health of your family.

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